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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
HOsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE

DR.. Geo. Mcknight. Hannibal, N. Y,
says: Il have used II In cases of nsr-
vous exhaustion, with quite satisfactory
results
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

The average age of those who enter
college in this country is H. A century
ago il was IA.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

1t must make Gar Alexander turn
green with envy when he reads of the
puissant walking delegate-Boston Tran
script
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

Butter coloring is now universally
used. But it must be put in in yer
small quantity.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
2 PER CENT MORTGAGEs-

Improved Iowa Farms Security s to times the
loan. amt inspected In each case Completed
loans always on hand for -ale. Sizes Of loans
5000 TO $4,000 Time q loans S years. Only
choicsst loans handled References and details
given on application either in person or letter.
II. NJ. HENLEY, Attorney at Law
2l4 Main ST., Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
TONGUE IN KNOTS.

| contracted malaria in the swamps of
Louisiana while working for the telegraph
company, and used every kind of med
icine could hear of without relief. l at
last succeeded in breaking the fever, but
it cost me over $4,000, and then my
system was prostrsted and saturated
with malarial poison and l became ell
most helpless. l finally came here, my
mouth so filled with sores that I could
scarcely eat. and my tongue raw and
filed with little knots Various remedies
We're resorted to without effect l
bought two bottles Of B. B. B. and it has
cured and strengthened me- all sores
of my mouth are healed and my tongue
entirely clear of knots and soreness, and
feel like new man.
Jackson, Tenn, April 20, 1885.
A r RrIrToy
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
Mrs EMMA GRIFFIrHs.
Unitis, Tenn, March 2. 1885.
W.bb CITY, Ark, Blood.

Having tested B. B. B and found it to
be all hat is claimed for it, | commend it
to any and every one suffering from blood
poison. 1t has done me more good for
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time than any blood purifier l ever used.
I owe the comfort of my life to its use,
for have been troubled with a severe
form of blood poison for five or six years
and found no relief equal to that given
By the use of B. B. B.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
How S
Your Liver?

Is the Oriental salutation,
knowingithat good health
cannot exist without a
healthy Liver. When the
Liver is torpid the Bow
els are sluggish and con-
stipated, the food lies
in the stomach undi-
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blood; frequent headache
ensues; feeling of lassi-
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nervousness indicate how
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1t acts with extraorA
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NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED.
As general family remedy for dyspepsia, tor.
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thing else, and have never been disappointed in
the efieot produced: it seems to be almost per.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
STIFF JOINTS.
MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF scRoFULA

AND RHEUMATISM.
l have a little boy twelve years old
whose knees have been drawn almost
double and his joints are perfectly stiff,
and has been in this condition for thee
years, unable to walk. During that time
the medical board of Loudon county ex-
amined him and pronounced the disease
scrofula and prescribed. but no benefit
ever derived. then used much adver-
tised preparation without benefit. Three
weeks ago he became perfectly helpless
and suffered dreadfully.
A friend who had used B. B. B. ad,
vised its use. He has used one bottle
and all pain has ceased and he can now
walk. This has been pronounced most
wonderful action, as his complaint had
bsff1ed everything. I shall continue to
use it on him.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15
COMPETITION DEFIED.
PRICES WARRANTED
TO be 20 to 30 per cent cheaper at the
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE

Drug Western Illinois Not only Patent
Medicines but all Standard Drugs, Fancy Goods and Mis-
Celaneous Read
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

The modern tyrant 10 the jsnitor of the
apartment house,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

n stocked WIKI the pIrest aud best Iod- In the
.xoeSicnced and reliable phar nacists Prices are
ere. MARSHALL q FISHER, PROFITS
Second Avenue AMI Nineteenth st. Rock Island
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

W ANTED- A BOY FOR WORK IN
Il jvate family; enquire AZ ARGUE Office
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

"a ANTED-STTUATION AS HOUSE
W keep By competent lady; best o. refer
enCes given. Address AEIr= OriCp
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-15

PRESCRIPTIONS our Prescription department
market and all prescriptions compound Id by "xo
guaranteed to he lower by 50 per cent than elsewhere
Set
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12
rheumatism as an Inheritance.

This seems to be a rheumatic year. The in
.eresring but not welcome disease has included
n It's Taternal grip men and women without
distinction as TO ages or social conditions,
Stalwart President Cleveland has not been eX-
emp.el from the list of sufferers. 1t Is a
mysterious malady, and though there are
thousands Of remedies, there appears to be no
cure for the plaguey complaint An old lady
who assumes 10 know all about its origin inter
viewed the tomented writer Of this para
graph vic has been two months sufferer
somewhat after this style: "Reumatis is a III
herited disease; you got this from your
father Or mother, didn't yerP Ans: Not
that know Of" Then you had it from yer
grandtherP Ans: Il think not" "Then you
certainly got it from yer great-grandther"
Ans: "No, there was no rheumatism known
in my family history. Perhaps some Of my
ancestors may have been exposed to the heavy
wet during the deluge" "Look here, sirl"
exclaimed tho old lady, Il didn't come here to
DO made fun Of, and out she bounced.-BoS-
ton Budget
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12

"What kind Of work did | do on The Plea
yunel That's question, and there is where
the trouble camo in. There was no such thing
as a division of labor in those days, and each
man had TO do anything and everything that
might turn up. l had stipulated at first not
to do certain kind Of reporting, and this
didn't please the old man very well. 1t was
one of bis rules that each man should dc
whatever was required of him, and became
rather i'm the way. Then wanted 10 be al
ways writing and they wanted me to be
always reporting This didn't work well, and
so when the summer came on, and they began
90 reduce expenses, it was intimated that my
resignation would be accepted / vowed that
/ would never have anything to do with a
newspaper again, and 1 went back TO book
keeping. was in "a large cotton house, and
kept their accounts for a while, until
finally offered to take entire charge of the
counting room at 50 much salary per year,
and hire what assistance / wanted This
suited the firm as well as it did me, and be-
gan to do more and more literary labor
Finally | employed a cashier, and all day !
would write at my desk, only being consulted
by him on important matters. | was making
a beginning then. l first carried on weekly
column in The Picayune, but it wasn't very
pleasant 10 work Tor paper managed by q
board of directors, and at last | quit it. This
writing of triaes after while grew weari-
some, and Iresoved to put it into stories.
But it was not until six years ago that J
abandoned mercantile pursuits entirely for a
purely literary life / drifted into it in the
most natural way in the world, and wouldn't
abandon 10 now for all the fortune that could
be made elsewhere &C. w. Cable in New
OrIeans PicaXune
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12
oDloUsNeSs OF TROUSERS.
K.,eaI inequality of weaith-A
1hV ,t.a for Knee Brooches.

EsreaI Inequality OF W"ath-A
10y pIes for Knee Brooches.
....,;cl. of clothing moro distinctly re-
~. condition OF IA mans purse than the
''rS The frsying at the lower edge OF
,,hich is sure TO come with much
:, generally taken as n sign OF very mar
y means, and the bagging at the knee,
- i. also inevitable, besides producing a
T.'.,4.r-i appearance, like that Of horse
- * gone" in tho forslegs. is sign that
IA, only one or two pairs. 1t is az
- Inv tho world generally that nobody
-..,5 WEAR trousers bsgged at the knee, with
w ~. term applies, if he could afford the
l,..,ber 81 changes necessary 10 prevent this
"11...r,enon I'm fact, almost the only
- difference remaixing in our day be
-, The clothes Of n man of fortune and
-. and thoss OF toiler Of moderate
-, les in the straightneSs and smooth
which mark the trousers legs Of the
I...r his wardrobe always contains a
..tmany pairs. At any theatre, too, the
lam u a poor teacher or literary man, or
- devil of any kind, includes invariably a
r,iro Of laggy trousers.
And though last not least, the condition of
.be trousers IN muddy weather is something
which 10 is painful TO dwell on, the CONVEX
.i,, NJ an inch or two Of the bottom into
wet and filthy band is only preventable by
trrning them up, and we all know how this
looks An effort has recently been made to
met tho struggles Of pen Of few trodsers to
escape the bagging at the knee by an inven-
Go, % a machine called "the trousers
s-retcher.n which is literally metal rack on
which offending trousers are stretched over
night. and the deformity effaced by power
mi tension in the direction Of their length. II
NAV. therefore, be said that on the whole the
kn.o brooches were the more democratic Of
IN, two They undergo no degeneration in
war, except what comes from the actual de
struction Of the cloth. They reveal nothing
d, 70 the condition of n mans wardrobe until
they reach their last stage. They always
look neat and tidy, and do not come in con-
tact with the mud, leaving that to DO en-
countered by a boot or stocking which can
be readily changed. But they are in summer
a hot garment, owing to their fitting so
closely around the 6nee-a defect, however,
which Is perhaps compensated by the posi-
bility, without damage 10 appearance, OF
making thsm very loose.
They are, too, now making a gallant effort
10 regain their old supremacy and GUST the
trousers They have made cOn9ueSts of most
Of the sporting men and athletes, and have
made considerable gains in the continental
armies The Turks, who abandoned them
under MahmOud the refOrmer, for the ION
them hideOus trousers have gone back TO the
brooches Some faint attempts have been
made 70 introduce them again into evening
dress, but these have failed, owing in part to
the light and frivolous character Of those who
have made them. If undertaken in a serious
spirit by any Of the crowned heads, or by
great warriors and statesmen, or in this coun-
try by great railroad men or stock operators
tsenterprise would probably succeed. New
York Post.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12
LOOKING OUT.


,-..r the heights OF hope al Gay
up0p ~ stood looking far away.
by sv .nnsd in such suficing thought
Ess' Ven your absence counted naughs
Is, n,,e the sea OF distance grew,
FOR p Ia IN. arching atmosphere,
Lso .'o',,d plainly see you, dear
s ~, and joyous eyed and true
go. - ,ons,snt (ss OF old knew
~ Par away, which now drew near.
ID Wv Lily Curry in New York Graphic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12
Taken UnawArcs.

Wife-What did you think OF that hat MISS
PusSanfeather wore TO church this mornings
HusbGnd-I didn't notice Miss Fussan-
feathers hat
'It's very funny you didn't $50 it. She sat
directly in front of you"
swell, suppose she did Do you suppose
60 10 church 10 look at women's hatSP
"Wel, my dear, it's the same hat MISS
Fussanfeather wore at the theatre last night
and which you claimed INSTRUCTED your view
Of the stage"
Husband concludes that he was caught nap
osng. -Yonksrs Statesman.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-12
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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-28
PRISON FUCKERS.
BY PICKLES..

BY PICKLES.
Man wants but little here below. nor
wants that little long" if it be sentence
to penal servitude.
Red Leary, the famous bank burgular
and jail breaker. was arraigned before
Judge Duffy. in New York the other day,
on charge of stealing thirty dollars from
mans pocket. The court promptly dis
charged him with the remark: This man
isn't going to pick pockets: he goes for
higher game: when he rObs he takes bank
safe. where there's millions to be 'swag-
ged.'" This evinces fine appreciation of
the high art' in the profession" which
we would commend to the judges of
this state, for their emulation.
The stiffness of the prison proper, at
times. is horribly oppressive. but it is not so
painful to the fresh arrival as the aw-
full reticence of our ''tOnsOrial artist"
who relieves him Of the hirsute attributes
of his Quondam manliness.
IA bowling success" The nocturnal
war-cry OF the prison cat; but some day he
will fill chapter in the Mystery of the
Mess Room" and the place that knows him
now, will know him no more forever, ira la!
Items of interest: A savings bank ac-
count.
A saferobbery is not always safe-ven-
ture to make; there are several knights of
the jimmy" in here who are aware of the
fact.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-28

the vast inclOSure on floor and corridor, in groups
here. there and everywhere, are four hundred and
thirty men said to be dangerous to the general
welfare of society But who are these in citizens
dress? Who those ladies richly attired, carrying
their watches in plain view, wearing valuable
jewelry carelessly, and conversing with smiling
faces with the inmates? There is our chaplain,
and warden, and the secretary of the state board
of corrections and char ties. each speaking words
of good cheer to the inmates on every hand And
there are many ladies and gentlemen who
residents of the city of saltwater why they
here and why should they come among these
dangerous men? Is it for amusement, entertain
ment. or novelty. they are here? Neither, dear
readers they are here to do the nObest work
der the sun-to reclaim the fallen. To show us by
their presence and kind words that they believe
in us as men, regardless OF the mistakes we have
made That they stand ready to assist us to
gain lost position in society. Are they making
heroes of convictsY' Are they 'lion zing GRIM
inals?' Mo- and this accusation never came from
the lii or pen of one honest wellmeaning person.
Only the narrow-minded and selfish can speak of
the humane efforts of those who live to do good
in the world, in such terms. Those who are our
friends ''pass not by on the other side" He who
gave us this parable and delivered the Sermon
on the Mount taught the philosophy upon which
the philanthropists base their labors. We who
know what Imprisonment means will show by our
lives. when we are again among in the enjoy
ment of our rights, that the Golden Rule applies
within the prison walls; and that kird act
passes uuheeded. If the thoughts of the occu-
pants of these cells during the silent hours of
Saturday night could be penned. the world
might learn lesson that would be
a blessing to mankind for all time. Home. child
hood school days, the first mistakes in life the
gradual but certain to ruin, and the full re-
alization of the awful present, revived and
dwelt upon only the fallen can think aud suf-
fer
"Merciful God have we fallen so low?
Yet we were once like the beautiful snow
In closing desire, on behalf of the officers of
the prison. and more especially on behalf of the
rank and file of the inmates, to thank one and all
who contributed to make our holiday enjoyable
one. for their presence well their acts
Come again and do likewise.
"'Tis sad to part, cen with the thought that we
shall meet again,
For then it is that taught lesson with deep
sorrow fraught,
How silent, viewlessly wrought friendships gold
en- chain.''
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-28
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES.

An Interesting PrOgam---Speeches by
Hon. Il. w. Durant, Secretary Hart,
and Warden StordOck--.ssLight in
Dark Places.,,
With our subscription list as a standard by which
to judge. it is fair to presume that the majority of
the readers of THE MIRROR were never inmates
of penitentiary. And it is not incon sistent with
reason that large percentage of this majority
never saw Christmas celebrated behind the bars.
So if we are somewhat explicit as to details the
reader will bear in mind the facts above stated.
Saturday, the gath, was our day of celebrating
the worldwide holiday. and none who witnessed
the exercises will question the success of the Off
GERS and citizens who combined to make it bright
page in our prison record. At O'Clock we we're
assembled in chapel hail. where the following pro-
gram was carried out, with but two omissions.
Telefone Poison, the gentleman of Scandinavian
extraction did not enlighten us as to his legsla-
tive experience. The disappointment was not
great. however. Secretary Hart, of the state
board of corrections and charities, filled the va.
cancy. Prof E. sctzepfandt filled the place as
signed to Prof. Hipp.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
Song, "For God So Loved the World" Choir
Prayer by Rev. J. II. Albert
Song. "Hallelujah!', Congregational Choir
Duet, Holy Mother, Guide His
Footsteps. '..............V Vincent Wallace
Misses Christina and Lena Wolf
Reading, THE Vagabonds" .Trowbridge
Plnl. e. Bennett.
Address by Hon. e. w. Durant.
Song, "Hark. What Means Those Holy Vnicos?'
Congregational Choir
Recitation. "On the Ocean, A. r. LindhOlm
By the Author
Recitation. "How He Saved st. Michaels."
Miss Mabel Bolles.
Solo, 20. Fair Dove. O, Fond Dove. ... Gatty
John Smith.
Recitation, "Orpheus and Eurydice' SAKE
V. c. Seward.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-28
LOVES LABOR.

Twas just few days before Christmas,
On beautiful afternoon,
Two brothers stood within these walls,
In the visitors waiting room.
One mother had called them both her sons,
Had fondled them both on her knee,
But the one was convict in prison.
And the other brother was free.
The convict brother was loaded
With the work of his labor OF love,
And the smile on his face was as cheerful
AS the CLEANS of the sun from above
Here's sled for dear little Charlie,
And pin-cushion gay for Kate.
And these little slippers Whitfield out,
You may give to Baby Nate.
Here's the cane promised to you, Ben,
So long ago in my letter,
You must take the will for the deed, old boy,
wish it were something better.
''This workbox made for Mary,
The wife cherish so DEAR
Here his voice grew thick with emotion,
And he brushed off Il struggling tear.
Aye! many an hour I've sat thinking
f. AS whitfield away with my knife,
OF my dear little home and my babies
And my faithful. affectionate wife.
Ben, be good brother to Mary,
Cheer her as much as you can,
And when go free from this prison
She shall find I'm different man.
Times up? Well, you must be going.
The Guard says it's getting quite late,
Good bye, God bless you old fellow:
go this way; the others your gate"
So his tokens of love sped homeward,
While thought of the old adage:
''Stone walls are not always a prison,
Nor iron bars always cage.''
All, well! boys, my muse is exhausted.
And 1 know you'll be glad am done,
50 Happy New Year to you all,
Good luck in the years yet to come.
&c. 26. 1887. WM TURNER